You're not saying anything.
It's all just lies.
There's nothing left to say.
I ain't lying this time.
And how do I know that?
I might have stretched
the truth sometimes,
but I did kill Becky.
[gasps]
[man vocalizing]
[vocalizing]
You're just like your mama.
You thought you was
different, but you ain't.
Henry?
What--
[grunts]
You said you loved me.
[D.A. Farino] Let's say you did.
Why? Why'd you do that?
'Cause I love her.
Friday around midnight
Got nothin' to kill but time
Little voices in my head
keep whisperin' "homicide"
And my baby's
driving me to drink
I can't listen to
her I can't think
I steal a police
car but I don't drive
Well, I crash the car
I'm lucky to be alive
Well, I stumble home
Fall through the door
I end up passed
out on the floor
When I come to I'm in
a pool of gin and blood
Oh, I can't remember
what it is I've done
Oh, is this real
Is this a dream
Nightmares in my bloodstream
[Becky] I don't think you're
old, He Let's look at it this way.
If you live to be a hundred, you ain't
even halfway through your life yet.
Criminals don't live that long.
Henry ain't gonna live that long.
He's a drunk and a killer.
Hey, man, don't you
talk that way about me.
I ain't no killer.
Some people got it comin ', that's all.
Like that guy over there. You see him?
He's wavin' us down like
I got nothin' better to do.
I know exactly what you mean.
What b-be-- What,
because his car broke down
means that we gotta stop
goin' where we gotta go?
Whoa-ho-ho!
[laughing]
That boy had it comin',
gettin' in our way and all.
Don't nobody mess with
bad, bad Henry Lee Lucas.
Where are we goin', anyway?
Don't matter. We're just goin'.
We're goin' where the road ends.
That's so romantic.
Ain't Henry romantic, Uncle Ottis?
It's just like that movie
, A Racecar Named-- Named--
- Aw, bullshit. You never seen that movie.
- Ah, I don't remember.
I seen it!
Fine. It's decided.
We're goin g to the movies.
- [gleeful squeal]
- [chuckles]
[woman on screen whimpering]
Shit, it's that easy?
Oh, come on! Give him what he deserves!
Shh!
[woman on screen sobbing]
Kill those bitches!
Shh!
I said kill 'em!
- [man on screen] I just wanted you to know that I love you.
- Quiet!
-That's all.
- Hey, buddy.
Why don't you just shut the hell up?
I'm getting sick and tired of this shit.
[man on screen] ...you treated
me like a fucking loser!
It ain't nothin'. Don't pay
any attention to that jerk-off.
[man] Hey, now why don't you
guys just take this shit outside.
We're trying to watch a movie here.
And I'll prove it to you! I'll prove
it to every last fucking one of you!
[woman on screen]
I'm not that-- I--
[man on screen] Bitch,
you're so lucky right now.
Oh, you're so lucky right now.
Would you knock it off!
You're all the same. You're all the
fucking same. You're all a bunch of liars.
- Lying to me.
- [gagging]
Lying to me my whole life. Lying!
Lying!
My whole life filled with
lies from you bitches!
[Ottis laughs]
Henry, where are you going?
Henry, I liked that movie!
[woman on screen] Please, I'll do
whatever you want. Just let me go.
Oh, you're not like them.
You're not like the others? No?
- I just want to see my mom.
- Bullshit.
[screaming]
Shh... [sniffs]
Leaving so soon? [laughing]
- [muffled screaming]
-[man on screen howling]
[muffled screaming continues]
Henry Lee, that is the last time I
let you take me out of a movie early,
and I liked that one,
and I'm mad at you.
Oh, shut up. Come on.
It wasn't that good.
- I liked it.
- You did?
- Yeah.
- What'd you like about it? I didn't like it that much.
Well, I never get to go to
the movies, and, um, uh--
I don't know, but it was good.
We'll go again some other time.
You always say that.
Well, then I say it again.
- You want some?
- [Ottis grunts] Fuck.
- You're gonna
like-- - Too sour!
You'll like it. In time, you will.
Who wants her?
Don't be givin'
her to me, Uncle Ottis.
Looks like she's
all yours, then, Henry.
She ain't movin'.
[Ottis ] Nah.
She dead?
Still breathing.
She mighty pretty, though.
She kinda look like you.
Ain't I prettier than her, Henry?
Oh, damn, you the prettiest girl
in the whole wide world. Come on.
You'll make love to me
under the stars tonight?
I'll do better than that.
None of you lovebirds want her?
- Uncle Ottis?
- Uh-huh.
She's makin' noises.
I may as well go ahead and chop
her up. Get rid of the evidence.
Yeah.
Ah! No! No!
No! No, don't! No, help!
- [Ottis laughs]
- Help! No! No!
- No! Please stop!
- [Becky giggling]
No! No!
[wailing] No!
No! No! No! No! [screams]
[grunts]
Let's go over this again.
You parked down here,
dragged her body out of the car
up this embankment here.
I-- That's
right, Sheriff,
I dragged the body up here
and that's when
I-- I killed her
and I had sex with her corpse.
Henry...
this has been going on for a long time,
and I never asked
you the question--
It's all right, Sheriff. The
newsmen ask me all the time.
I just don't know what to say.
I just don't like having
sex with the live ones.
It's just not interesting to me.
I enjoy it more
when they ain't talkin'.
You boys know what
I'm talkin' about, right?
- [chuckles]
- Yeah.
Boys... think it's time to, uh,
call the forensics team.
You boys tell 'em that you'll find some
bones down there . Some clothing, too.
Sheriff?
What's up, Henry?
I don't know. It might
be too much to ask.
Go ahead and ask. Ask away, Henry.
Well, right before
I killed that young girl,
we were gonna have a milkshake.
This reminded me that I haven't
had a milkshake in a long while.
Just wondering if I could have a
milkshake before we go back to the prison.
A milkshake?
Mm.
Sure, Henry.
Ain't no big deal.
You earned it, confessing
to all those crimes and all.
Hey, boys, we're goin' for milkshakes!
So you started in Wasilla, and
then you said you went to Alabama.
- Mm-hmm.
- So where did you go from there?
Uh, Lubbock. Right here.
- Lubbock?
- Mm-hmm.
- Hmm.
- You sure it was Lubbock?
- Mm-hmm.
- Don't you think you would' stopped in Dallas first?
If Henry says it was
Lubbock, it's Lubbock.
I apologize, sir.
Let's give Henry the
benefit of the doubt.
He's been hard pressed to regurgitate
a lot of information over
these last three weeks.
I'm sure it's very stressful.
I appreciate that, Sheriff,
your understanding and all.
But, actually, Officer Miner just
reminded me of a murder I must've committed
when I was under the influence of drugs.
Well, that's good, Henry.
Dan, hand me that file.
Young girl...
missing for three years.
They
found her--
Now, see, I do remember now.
I, uh, I strangled her and
tossed her off the side of
the road right outside of town.
It says here you stabbed her.
Well, I stab them after I strangle them.
Trying to throw you boys off a bit.
[phone rings]
Texas Rangers, this is Deputy Miner.
Sheriff, this looks
like it's for Henry.
Go ahead, Henry.
Hello, this is Henry.
Uh, Sheriff, this is a news reporter,
wants to know some personal information.
Give me that.
- Who is this?
-Phil Johnson, journalist.
How in the fuck you get this number?
Huh? Who gave you the number?
I could arrest you just for callin' it.
No disrespect, Sheriff Larabie,
but your brother gave me the number.
Said you'd have no problem
with me interviewing Mr. Lucas.
- My brother?
-Yes, sir.
What paper you write for?
Best paper in Texas. Dallas Star,sir.
I'll tell you what.
I'll let you talk to Henry as long
as you report about me and my Rangers
and the professional job they's
doin' about the case and all.
Certainly, sir. You have my word.
I will arrest you if I don't see at
least one paragraph about my Rangers.
- Henry.
- Yes, sir?
Just an old friend of mine
wants to ask a few questions.
- Hello?
- Go ahead and sit down.
Yes? This is Henry.
Mr. Lucas, I've got a lot
of facts about you currently,
but I wanted to learn
more about you personally--
how you became a, uh...
Um, a serial murderer?
Oh... yeah, I guess you could say that.
A serial murderer.
[Henry] It all started with my mother.
Henry!
Henry, where are you, boy?
You get your sorry self back here!
You ain't finished your chores!
Henry!
Henry!
Henry Lee Lucas!
Henry, I know you hear me calling you.
Henry Lee Lucas, you little turd.
I'm gonna find you, boy!
Gonna wish I hadn't found you.
You heard me calling you, boy.
You ain't finished your chores.
Out here in the woods goofin' off.
Come on.
You ain't doin' nothin'
like you supposed to.
Your papa ain't got no legs. I
gotta do everything around here.
Gonna try to teach you how to be a man.
I got better things to do than to
be looking for you in the woods.
- Ow, Mama! Ow!
- You hush up.
You come when I call you, boy.
go. Ow, Mama. Please let me
You hush up! Please! Ow!
Oh! Hey!
Hey!
- What do I have to do to make you learn?
- No, Mama! No!
Boy, don't you ever be comin'
up against me, you hear me?
Now, I gots me
a job comin' in three days,
and I don't need no trouble from you
or your brothers or your sisters, you hear me?
Boy, your mama's talkin' to you!
Do you hear me? Boy?
You didn't have to bring me no flowers.
I know, but I wanted to
make a good first impression.
- [laughing]
- I been lookin' forward to this.
Where's your wife?
Come on, Mr. Hennesy.
I knows you're married.
You ain't got no reason to come
see me if you ain't married.
It's okay.
I mean, you got that man stuff
runnin' through your veins.
Ain't that right?
Sometimes...
you just need the soft touch of a woman.
[laughing]
Don't be scared.
Viola's gonna take good care of you.
So... what?
So where's your wife?
She went down south to visit
her sister in Charleston.
Oh, well, ain't that good.
She don't need to know
everything you're doin', does she?
No, ma'am.
Whoa, oh. Now, Mr. Hennesy,
it ain't time for no kissin'.
You come this way.
Our lesson today is on Abraham Lincoln.
He's our 16th president
of the United State--
- [laughing]
- Children, what are you laughing at?
Mr. Lucas. Why are you dressed that way?
My mama dressed me this way.
- [laughing]
- Quiet. Quiet.
Well, why would she
dress you like a girl?
She says that I ain't
good enough to be a boy.
I said, "Quiet."
I said, "Quiet."
Viola?
Viola.
I think you need to take
Henry to see a doctor.
The boy gonna lose his eye , you
don't take him to see no doctor.
Vee! Ain't you listening to me?
The boy ain't gonna go see no doctor.
We ain't got no money.
What doctor's gonna see him if we
ain't got no money to pay for it?
Yeah, well, Dr. Andrews, he took
care of me when I had my accident.
If it weren't for
him, I'd be dead right now.
Well, you know what?
That might not be so bad!
One less mouth for me
to feed around here.
You ungrateful whore.
Who you talkin' "ungrateful"?
Ungrateful for what?
For all you done for me?
For forcin' me to live in squalor?
Take care of these kids by myself?
You get drunk and you go off and
you get runned over by a train!
I been taking care of your
bony ass since we first met.
Might've gone and
made somethin' of myself
you ain't got knocked
up every time we screwed.
[groans]
Viola, stop it!
- Viola!
- [Viola mutters angrily]
Stop it, Viola!
Henry? You awake, son?
Here. Come on.
Hold still, now.
There.
No, no, don't rub your left eye.
Don't wanna get an infection, now.
- Are you the man who--
- Yes.
I'm the man who took
you to the hospital.
But how?
Well, it doesn't matter how.
What matters now is that we make
sure that you don't get an infection.
I can't see. I can't see
anything out of my eye.
Henry...
your left eye is gone.
Now, unfortunately , that
stick went right through it,
and there was nothing
I could do to save it.
I'm very sorry.
But don't you fret.
I got something for you.
What is it?
Open it up.
That is your new eye.
Can I see with it?
No, no, I'm sorry.
It's not a magic eye.
It's more like a placeholder.
But I guarantee you,
that nobody will be able
to tell that you're missing an eye.
- What's it made of?
- Glass.
Like a marble? I got lots of marbles.
Well, now you got one that
will go everywhere with you.
Here. Let me show you how you put it in.
Just hold still.
You just gently lift
up that top eyelid.
And we just put it straight back.
Just like... that.
And then you use the lower eyelid
to hold it right there in place.
Okay. Now let me show you.
You see?
Now, that discoloration there,
that's just gonna go--
Are you finished, Roy?
Yes, Viola.
He's just about as good as new.
"New"? Heck.
You ain't got but one
eye. That ain't "new."
Well, least you didn't lose
no legs like your daddy.
Shoot. You've used enough
of this man's good time.
Git yourself.
Mr. Hennesy.
I'm sure that my insurance will
be covering this bill fully, right?
Yes, ma'am. Your bill is paid in full.
Thank you.
[Henry] I don't know how I got there.
I just done woke up!
Don't be lyin' to me, boy.
I'm your mama!
You're playing tricks on me.
I'm your mother! What I
say goes in this house, boy!
[distorted] Little shit.
Stupid little boy!
Who you think you are?
Show you who's boss in this house!
Get up! Get up! Get up! You little shit!
Coward! I'm trying to make you a man!
[man] Tell me about your mama.
Mama didn't like no one.
She's the reason you kill?
I can't say that she
was the reason , really.
Well, then what do you think it is?
I can't say I really know. Uh...
I just feel the urge.
Why do you eat? You don't
really think about it.
You just eat because
you're hungry, right?
- Yeah, I guess.
-Well, it's like that for me.
Sometimes I just get hungry.
[humming]
[humming]
[gasps]
- Can I help you?
- Well, ma'am, I was walking down the road
and I was wondering if I
could have a glass of water.
There's a spigot out there
in the center of the yard.
- You're welcome to drink from there.
- I'm no animal!
I would like a glass of water.
Please.
I'm sorry, who are you?
My name is Jack.
Glass of water would
be very much obliged.
Well, like I said, Jack,
there's a spigot outside.
You're welcome to drink from there.
I can't have a strange man in my house!
[screams, whimpers]
[grunts, groans]
- [crying]
- I guess right now I'm gonna need a lot more from you.
[crying]
I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.
[crying] Take all the w-water you want.
[crying]
Where the cups at?
Where the cups at?
[crying]
Th-Th-The--
- Cabinet?
- In the cabinet.
[crying]
[blubbering, crying]
- [growls] It doesn't work!
- [shrieks, cries]
You gotta let it run.
- What'd you say?
- You have to run the water.
Oh, you got dirty pipes. Oh, I see.
That's two cups now.
- [water splashing]
- [Henry] Oh, yeah.
[gasps] Now that's much better.
Yeah.
[whimpering, crying]
You goin' somewhere?
[crying]
- Huh?
- [screams, cries]
- Where you going?
- [shrieks, gags]
[Henry grunts]
[Henry] Sometimes I'm
just curious , you know.
Feel the urge.
Like the first time I done it.
[Detective] And when was that?
[Henry] Oh, I was 15.
She was my first girlfriend.
Honestly, I didn't really know
how to treat a woman back then.
Kinda felt awkward.
Know what I mean?
[Charlene] So, where
you taking me, Henry?
Henry Lee Lucas, where you taking me?
It's a secret. I ain't
telling you until we get there.
But I ain't too sure my daddy'd
approve of me going off with a boy.
[scoffs] I'm not just
a boy. I'm your boyfriend.
You ain't my boyfriend.
Well, at least you ain't my boyfriend yet.
We ain't even held hands.
- So, where you taking me?
- It's a secret.
But if you gotta know, it's a
private place where no one can bother us.
It's a beautiful place, Henry.
Thought you'd like it here. We can
swim in the lake just around the bend.
I ain't got no bathing suit.
You don't need a bathing suit.
We can go skinny-dipping.
- I can't do that.
- Sure you can.
No, I-I can't.
- Why not?
- 'Cause it just ain't right.
'Course it's
right. Ain't nothin' righter.
When you free yourself
from the fig leaf,
we'll be like Adam and
Eve just before the apple.
Come on. Take off your shirt.
Take off your shirt, Charlene.
Come on. It'll be fun.
No, not yet. I ain't comfortable yet.
[gagging]
I want you.
[gagging, gasping]
[panting]
You're trying to kill me. You're crazy!
- Did it hurt?
- What? 'Course it hurt.
Did you enjoy that?
You're insane, Henry Lee Lucas.
[screams] Help me!
Don't bother. We're so far out
here, ain't no one gonna hear you.
Please, please, don't.
Finally, you're begging.
I got one question for you.
Will you go with me?
Will you be my girlfriend?
- [sobs] Let me go.
- Answer me!
Yes, yes! I'll be your
girlfriend! I'll marry you!
Just, for God's sake, let me go!
I can't do that.
[grunts] You bitch!
Why'd you do that?
[grunting]
[Charlene gasping]
[Anderson] Henry!
Goddamn it, boy. Get your ass over here.
Hey, Henry!
Gotta stop drinking, Pop.
[burps] It takes the pain away, boy.
When you gonna see a doctor, Pop?
Ain't got no money.
- Where'd you get that, boy?
- Stole it.
You stole it?
- Ain't no big deal.
- Well...
just don't get caught.
Your mama gonna tan you alive.
I'm done taking beatings from Mama.
One more beating and I might
just have to kill her someday.
Well... just don't get caught.
Jail ain't no fun, boy.
Better than we get around here.
Clean clothes, food.
You got that right.
- She inside?
- Yep.
She in there with your uncle Bernie.
Henry. Don't you go killing
your mama just yet, you hear?
She might be as angry as a drunk pirate,
but... I ain't too good on my own.
- [Bernie] Look at you, honey.
- Bernie!
- Look at you!
- I ain't no horse!
- You look like a little filly to me!
- Hey, stop--
- [knocking]
- [Bernie] Oh, Jesus.
What do you want, boy?
Can't you see Uncle Bernie and I is having
ourselves a little conversation here?
[Bernie scoffs]
Get the hell outta here, Bernie.
Oh, Jesus.
Oof.
I'm gonna send that Wade from the feed
shop over in Millersville on Sunday morning.
Don't you be sending him
on Sunday. That's God's day.
Bernie, I ain't gonna be
whoring for you on God's day.
You be respecting the Lord, or I ain't
gonna be pulling no more tricks for you.
[chuckles] I'll send him first
thing Monday morning. How's that?
You send him tomorrow,
and then you get me another
man for Monday morning.
Hoo-whee!
Maybe I'll send that dapper banker
man over from the savings and loan
and have him bring his entire
staff march in here for you.
- How'd that be?
- Get the hell outta here, you smartass.
I'll see you, Miss Viola , and,
uh, you, too, Henry. [clicks tongue]
- What you want, boy?
- Got you somethin'.
[laughs] You got me somethin'?
Then what the hell you
waitin' on? Give it to me.
You got me a present, give it to me.
Where you get that?
Don't matter.
I said where'd you get this?
I said it don't matter. It's yours.
Boy, you better be tellin' me.
I was gonna give it to this girl.
But it didn't work out.
Well, good. 'Cause
you don't need no girl.
Whoa! This looks good on me, don't it?
- [gasps] Oh, my goodness.
- Sure, Mama.
Ooh, I am hot somethin' with this!
Anderson! Anderson, come in here
and look at my new diamond ring!
[gasps] I got myself a diamond ring!
Ooh!
[glass breaking]
Hey, boy!
What's your name, son?
Bernie, sir.
- Bernie what?
- Bernie Bottomly.
That ain't your name.
I know Bernie Bottomly.
- Where's your ID?
- Ain't got no ID.
Empty your pockets.
I said empty your pockets,
or I'm gonna do it for you!
- Where'd you get all that stuff?
- Just got it.
Just got it?
You got about five seconds
to explain to me how a scrappy
little junkyard dog like you
gets drugs,
jewelry, and a knife.
- I'm taking you in.
- For what?
About time I got something on you.
- You can't prove nothin '!
- Miller!
Grab that stuff up.
We're taking this punk in.
All right, you boys pick up the pace.
This is no six-inch pipe.
This is a twelve-inch pipe.
Hey, step it up.
Lucas! Keep digging.
Come on, now.
You best keep digging,
or else I'm gonna hit you upside
the head with this here shovel.
You best not be planning
what I think you're planning.
Why? What you gonna do about it?
Now, here. Break these chains with me.
I ain't getting involved
in none of that.
You two shut up. Back to work.
Don't need no trouble around
here, all right? Come on.
Lucas, get back to work. Shut up.
Yeah, shut the fuck up, man.
Best not say anything, ya hear, big boy?
Else I might have to kill you.
You won't make it one mile.
- [grunts]
- Ah!
Told you not to say another word!
- Catch you later, boys!
- [whistle blowing]
- [dogs barking]
- [gunshots]
Good riddance.
That boy ain't nothin' but trouble.
[gunshots]
[Reporter #1] So I understand
you only did ten years
for the murder of your mother.
Well, I... I didn't murder my mother.
It was self-defense.
[Viola] That's it. I should've
known you'd take us to a shit bar.
Ain't no alcohol in those drinks.
There was plenty of
alcohol in those drinks.
- Henry? Henry boy?
- Yeah. Yeah.
I want you to come home, Henry.
I want you to come home and take care of me.
Ha! Mama,
Henry ain't gonna go home with you.
He's got a girl. He's gonna marry her.
You ain't marryin' no girl.
You been away from
home too long, anyway.
I ain't goin' back to Virginia, Mama.
You know that.
Why the hell not?
Because I got a warrant
for my arrest, that's why, Mama.
[snickers] There's warrants out
for your arrest all over Michigan.
Henry, you just come home to Mama.
Ain't nobody gonna hurt you.
You can't beat me no more, Mama.
I ain't never beat you
when you didn't deserve it, boy.
Well, since when a six-year-old
boy deserves to be beaten?
Since he's a little piece
of shit like you, that's when.
I'm going to sleep. I've had
enough of you two . I ain't--
- I ain't got time for this nonsense.
- Well, go on, then!
I'm goin'!
[Opal] Shit...
You had enough to drink tonight, Mama.
It's time to stop.
Boy... I ain't even got started yet!
You're 64 years old, Mama.
You can't drink the juice no more.
I know how the hell old I am, boy!
You don't tell me
when I can and can't drink.
You don't know the
pain I been livin' in!
Who do you think you are to tell
me what I can do with my life, huh?
I'm your mama, and I am telling you
that you ain't marrying
that stupid girl!
- You piece of shit!
- Stop, Mama!
You're just a damn stupid piece of shit!
She ain't worth nothin' but crap!
Stupid boy! [sobs]
Piece of shit.
Ah!
Can't control me no more, Mama.
I said you can't control me no more!
[Viola grunts]
[Reporter #2] The jury decided it
was second-degree murder, right?
[Henry] Well, it don't
matter what a jury thinks.
She was 64, Mr. Lucas.
It don't matter.
She was drunk and had a weapon.
[Reporter #3] So you went to jail.
How'd you do in the
state pen, Mr. Lucas?
[Viola's voice] Don't you be
comin' up against me. You hear me?
You got that?
Boy, your mama's talking
to you. You hear me, boy?
Henry! Henry! [echoes]
[whistling]
[whistles]
Hey, Lucas.
Get up. Chow time. Let's go.
Hey, Lucas!
- Guard!
- [buzzing]
When I say move, I mean move.
Move!
Katherine! Katherine!
Code red! Code red! Let's go! Code red!
[alarm blaring]
Many prisoners try to get
into this hospital, Mr. Lucas.
They think they'll
find better treatment.
In many ways, they're probably right.
Food is more edible, I'm sure, and, uh,
well, the place is cleaner.
[Viola's voice] You can't tell me
when I can and when I can't drink!
Excuse me, Doctor. I
need you to sign this.
Don't nobody tell me when I can't drink!
-And you ain't marryin' no girl!
- Thank you.
As I was saying,
many prisoners cut or otherwise
harm themselves to get in here.
Most do not succeed.
However, your injuries
are quite serious.
Much worse than the usual,
so we'll have to assume...
that your suicide attempt was real...
and proceed with treatment.
You don't know the pain I'm in!
Are you listening to me, Henry?
I'm here to help you.
Henry? I'm here to help you.
- [Henry shouting]
- [Viola voice] Little shit!
-You ain't worth a crap.
-Are you listening to me?
I'm here to help you.
[Viola] ...like your daddy!
Henry! Henry! [echoes]
Are you hearing me ? Can you hear me?
Henry.
[Psychiatrist] Don't worry.
I'll take full responsibility.
[Nurse] But we always sedate them.
[heart monitor beeping]
Yes, well, Mr. Lucas
will be an exception.
[Psychiatrist] Let's proceed.
Ready?
Shock.
[groaning]
[labored breathing]
Again.
- Shock.
- [groaning]
One more time.
[moaning]
Ready?
Shock.
[groaning]
Please, no more.
Oh, we must go on, Mr. Lucas.
- In fact, I think we'll do another course of 16 ECTs.
- No more, please.
I'm not seeing the
improvement I was hoping for.
- You're still not... complian
- Please, no more.
I'm going to say that you've
made progress, Mr. Lucas.
A lot of progress.
Medication and the EC s seem to be working.
[slurred] I killed people.
Yes, I know. Your mother.
That's in the past.
Other people.
I don't remember
seeing that in the report.
Gonna kill again.
Again...
and--
That's not my prognosis, Mr. Lucas.
I really don't think you have
murder in you or suicide anymore.
No, you're going back
to the state prison.
where you'll be for
another ten years or so.
Then you'll be paroled.
After that, it's up to you.
I won't be seeing you again.
Motor skills will come back in time.
Good luck, Mr. Lucas.
Honestly, I don't even
remember stabbing her.
I got gashes on the back of my head
and black-and-blue bruises for
all the times she used to beat me.
I mean, it was years of abuse.
[Reporter #1] Is that a
reason to kill someone?
I don't know.
But she pushed all the wrong buttons.
[Reporter #3] So after
prison, what'd you do?
Drifted.
"Drifted"?
Yeah, just moved from place to place.
You know, um, I
couldn't get comfortable.
Until, um...
Until what?
Until I met Ottis and Becky.
[Reporter #2] And just how
did you meet Ottis Toole?
Oh, we met at a--
at a soup kitchen.
Right outside of Jacksonville.
[Henry] Ottis was a strange fella.
- Give me some more.
- Sorry, that's it.
- Give me more food.
- There won't be enough for everybody.
I'm bigger than those guys. Give
me more food. I deserve more food!
- Too bad.
- One bowl, one ladle.
Give me more food! I'm hungry.
Come on. Give me
more food! I'm starvin'!
Is that the best you can do?
Oh, come on.
What are you looking at? Huh?
Go on. Take mine.
I don't need no handouts. [scoffs]
Well, that's what we're
here for. Come on. Take it.
Are you sure about that?
Oh, yeah.
I stole me some food from a
steakhouse across the street.
I'm okay.
Come on. I'll give you
some of mine. Let's go.
[Henry] And, uh, one
time he killed someone.
And he shot him like a
hundred and some times.
It was incredible.
[Reporter #1] You shot people, too.
Ain't that right, Mr. Lucas?
Yes, but, you see, what
got to me is that...
when Ottis started eating people.
I mean, most of the people we'd kill, he
started cutting them up and eating them.
.. [Reporter #3] So you,
Becky, and Ottis were like.
partners in crime,
traveling from state to state.
Yeah, we were like
Bonnie and two Clydes.
I mean, just robbing,
stealing, and burglarizing.
As I was walking through
the castle late one night
I came upon such
a shocking sight
It gave me such
a dreadful fright
My mommy was dancing
with Frankenstein
Ah
I couldn't bear to look anymore
I shut my eyes
and closed the door
But through the
walls I could hear
My mommy dancing
without any fear
Ah
An unlikely thing
began to happen
My head started bobbing
and my feet started tapping
My arms started swinging
and my hands started clapping
My hips started shaking and
my fingers started snapping
Oh, Mummy
The party is in full
swing as you can see
Now everybody wants
to dance with me
And who am I to turn and flee
When a pretty young corpse
wants to boogie with me
Tappin' and slappin'
and clappin' and snappin'
Tappin' and slappin'
and clappin' and snappin'
When the ball was
over to clear my head
I headed for the dungeon
It felt more undead
I told them I was
tired and going to bed
They told me to stay and
dance with them instead
Tappin' and slappin'
and clappin' and clappin'
And snappin'
Dancing fool
[Reporter #2] And you didn't get caught.
See, being a criminal is easy.
You just gotta do the crime
when there's no police around.
Buried in
replacement skin, yeah
Travels well
Time to begin, yeah
Ah, she ain't your type.
Oh, but she sure is yours.
I'll let you have her first.
Yeah, I ain't too good with girls.
She ain't a girl.
She's just juicy white meat.
I'll handle it.
[Ottis] Hi.
Hi.
- Looking for a ride?
- Maybe.
How far you going?
Just drifting.
Me, too. Just drifting.
What you waitin' for? Get in.
- I'll take that. Don't worry about it.
- Thanks.
- Hi.
- Hi.
[engine starts]
- [Ottis] So what's your name?
- Jenny.
Jennifer? You know
what they say, don't you?
One in every three men
has screwed a Jennifer.
Don't know what it is about
girls with your name, sweetheart.
[laughing]
Where you headed to?
Galveston, maybe. Maybe somewhere else.
You sure say "maybe" a lot.
Maybe I do. Do you mind?
... Ah
You're a peppery one, ain't ya?
I take care of myself pretty good.
- [Ottis laughs]
- Aw, just leave her alone.
Oh!
Looks like Henry likes her.
I'm gonna have to pay
for this ride, huh?
What do you mean?
You know damn well what I mean.
Might just as well get it over with now.
Not afraid of nothin', are you?
I'm afraid of gettin' hurt.
So I figure it's better I
just give you what you want.
I've done it before.
Bet you have, sweetheart. Bet you have.
Hear that, Henry?
Let's give her what she thinks we want.
- Henry?
- Mm-hmm?
[Jenny] Jesus...
[Jenny grunting, whimpering]
[grunting, screaming]
[screaming]
[screaming]
[Ottis] Fuck!
[Jenny screams] No!
[car door closes]
[engine starts]
[Ottis] Well, if you wanted
her, why didn't you take her?
I ain't like that.
[Ottis] What, then?
I don't know. Just wasn't interested.
You know, watching and all.
It wasn't what I expected.
It was fine for me, though.
I like a woman on her period.
Like a little blood.
What's a little blood between friends?
[Ottis sighs] I don't get you, man.
What you need to be satisfied, boy?
I get you these pumps,
and you ain't right with it.
You still owe me, though.
- You wanna go again?
- No, not yet.
Well, I need to.
Please, not now.
Can't wait.
- Please, not now.
- I can't wait!
No, please, not now!
Let me rest a little.
- Well, you can't stop me!
- No! No! No!
Come on! Get her! Get her!
- Leave me alone! No!
- Come on! Kill her!
Choke her!
No! Let me go! No!
- [screaming]
- Go on! Choke her now!
- [screaming, gagging]
- Damn it, kill her!
Damn it, kill her!
[no audible dialogue]
I want her dead! I want her dead!
Is she dead? Is she dead?
- Come on!
- [gasping, gagging]
She dead? Come on! Kill her!
[no audible dialogue]
Come on. Get her feet.
[Ottis cackles]
You want one?
[whistling]
[dogs barking]
[grunts]
[whistling]
[panting]
[grunting]
Come on, baby. Comeon.
Come on. [grunts]
[Henry] Yeah. Oh, yeah.
Come on. You watchin' this?
Come on.
- [Ottis chuckles]
-I'm almost done now, okay?
Look at me . Look at me . [coughing]
You're a good ol' boy, Henry.
[Henry panting]
Good ol' boy.
[exhales] Yeah, man.
You want some of this now?
Uh-uh.
You're a sick bastard.
[laughing]
Come on. Let's bury this bitch.
Ain't workin'?
- [Ottis chuckling]
- Hey, don't fuck with me.
Or should we just leave her here?
I don't give a fuck.
What you wanna do?
Isn't that funny...
how dead people always
look like they sleepin'?
Ain't nothin' to it.
When you don't dream,
sleepin' and dea th ain't no different.
Sleep tight, baby. Sleep tight.
Thanks for the memories. [kisses]
[D.A. Farino] I don't wanna
talk about it, and I don't wanna discuss it.
Y'all just get outta my way.
Uh, excuse me, Mr. Farino.
Where you goin'?
I have some very important business
I need to discuss with the sheriff.
If you want to talk to the sheriff,
you need to make an appointment.
The hell I do. I'm the district
attorney of this county.
I have every right to be in
this police station. Step aside.
- What the hell's this?
- You tell me, Sheriff.
Looks like a bunch of receipts
and journal writings and, uh,
- check stubs and...
- That's right.
What's this?
All right.
These circles, they indicate
the locations of the crimes.
Now, the contrasting triangles
indicate Henry's actual
location during those crimes.
Now, on June 14, 1979,
Henry said that he was with
that girl in Oklahoma City.
He was working for a
roofing company in Florida
I got a cancelled
payroll check to prove it.
Don't prove nothin'.
Proves he didn't murder
that girl in Oklahoma City,
and if he lied about that,
he's probably lying
about all these other murders
that he so-called "confessed to."
Mr. Farino,
how do you know that
somebody else didn't, uh,
cash that payroll check
in Florida for Henry?
No disrespect, Sheriff,
but you got no right
to ask me questions.
Now, you don't have
one shred of evidence
that links him to that
girl in Oklahoma City.
We have his confession.
You're gonna go on the
confession of a social outcast
like Henry Lee Lucas?
Mr. Farino, it sounds like you
don't wanna solve these murders.
Of course I wanna solve these crimes.
But I like to put away real murderers.
I'm tired of going off on some wild-goose
chase on some self-described necrophiliac.
I've heard about enough
of you, Mr. Farino.
I'm just getting started.
I'm on to you.
You couldn't just go off
and solve these crimes.
No. You had to go out
and try and be famous.
Get this man outta here.
Don't you touch me.
I am the D.A., for God's sakes.
I will have you in court before dinner!
[door closes]
He ain't gonna give the Texas Rangers
a bad name, that's for damn sure.
I know what you're doing, Mr. Lucas.
I'm on you like a pig in mud.
I don't know what you're talking about.
Sheriff round here been
real good to you, ain't he?
It's good to be a cop.
Get to play detective.
Solve all your own murders.
No, sir. I'm just trying to
make up for what I've done.
Come on, Henry.
You claim to a murder in Louisiana when
you were still a prisoner in Virginia?
How'd you pull that off?
Soon enough protection
around here gonna be gone.
You're gonna be a prisoner
in with the big boys.
Soon enough, you're
gonna be on death row.
I'm personally gonna see to that.
I can't fight a legend like
the Texas Rangers, Mr. Farino.
Whatever's gonna happen
is gonna go that way.
No sense in fightin' now.
Know what I mean?
I can't blame you,
Henry. They're fallin' for it.
Ain't they?
You need to leave now, Mr. Farino.
You are interfering
with police business.
Fallin' for it.
Morning, Henry.
Morning, boys. Morning.
Officer Dollinger, Officer Miner,
I do appreciate you boys,
uh, taking me for a ride
and getting my cigarettes this morning.
You're welcome, Henry.
I guess it's the least we could do
with you being so
cooperative and all, Henry.
Well, thank you. I really love
spending time with you two.
You're kind men.
[Reporter #5] Well, how old was she?
[Henry] Well, don't know
exactly. Never really asked.
Becky's an old soul.
I mean, she don't seem
like she was 12 or 14.
Henry?
Baby, we're home!
Yo, I said we're home, damn it!
[gasping] Henry?
[Henry] Yo, Becky!
Dang, come on. We're home.
Where you boys been?
- I know where we been.
-[Ottis] None of your fuckin' business.
Hey, don't be talking to
my girlfriend that way.
Who you talkin' to, Henry?
She my niece.
I'll talk to her any damn way I please.
Give her some respect now!
There!
- [Ottis] Respect?
- Yeah.
What you talkin'
about? She's 14 years old, fool.
- Hey!
- You lay off him!
That's my blood you just hit!
Now what the fuck you hittin' me for?
I'm trying to save your
honor, and you're slapping me?
- What you laughin' at?
- [Ottis laughing]
And that's for messin' with my Henry!
What are you laughing at?
I ain't laughin' at you.
Damn, girl, you make a
funny face when you get mad.
[tuning radio]
You look just like your mama.
[shouting]
- I'm trying to hear something
- What?
[radio newscaster] ...Tehran has been
invaded and occupied by Iranian soldiers.
Those Iranians, they kidnapped our boys!
...members of the
so-called Muslim Student...
[Becky] What's an Iranian?
I don't know.
What is an Iranian?
An Iranian is a person from Iran.
- Mexico?
-...has supported the takeover
and issued a statement on local radio...
Nah, girl.
China.
- [Ottis laughs]
- Those Iranians...
kidnapped our boys!
They're going after the most
powerful country in the world!
Now, Jimmy Carter's gonna
get our boys back. You'll see.
Those camel jockeys!
All right, sweetie pie.
I'm sure that man Jimmy
will take care of everything.
You don't worry about nothin'.
- I'm okay.
- Becky'll take real good care of you.
Fine.
Why don't y'all go make some babies?
And I'm gonna take care of me.
[Becky, Henry laughing]
You can't see nothin'
outta that glass, can you?
Ain't nothin' there to see with.
That's so strange.
Is that strange to you?
No. I'm used to it.
You see, you see in three dimensions,
but I only see in two.
So what does that mean?
It means that you can sense how
far things are better than I can.
It's called "depth perception."
[Becky giggles] How'd you
get to be so smart, Henry Lee?
[Henry] Oh, I don't know.
I just like to be aware of things.
[Becky] You gonna show
me the world someday?
[Henry]
Oh, damn, I'm gonna--
I'm gonna show you everything.
I'm gonna take you
down to Venice, Italy.
It's beautiful.
They have no cars.
No cars?
- Mm-mm. - How
they get around?
Got boats.
Boats? Nah, I get seasick.
No, no, wait. They're
not like open-water boats.
These boats are called "gondolas,"
and there's a guy on 'em
that takes you on the boat,
and he sings to you.
That's romantic.
[giggles] That don't
sound very romantic to me.
Have some strange man singing at you
while you're trying to get somewhere?
No, it ain't nothin' like that.
No, it's the most
beautiful city in the world.
It's built on water, you
know, and it's sinking.
Yeah.
You're cute when you daydream.
Why you like me so much, Henry Lee?
'Cause you're a wide-eyed cutie pie.
- And you're refreshin'.
- [giggles]
Yeah.
Venice, France, here we come!
Oh, it's Italy.
Huh?
Oh, nothin'.
- Hey, Henry?
- Yep?
Do you think Ottis
will mind that we left him?
No, he needed some time for himself.
I don't think Ottis
likes being on his own.
Well, he will now, won't he?
Henry?
Y'all didn't tell me
you're goin' nowhere.
Well, ya--
ya left me?
Y'all got up...
and left me?
You know I can't read!
[mutters] Henry!
Okay, Henry. [chuckles]
[Reporter #6] So where did you
and Becky go once you left Ottis?
[Henry] Well, we ended up in Stoneburg,
in Texas.
At a commune called The House of Prayer.
You're not saying anything.
It's all just lies.
There's nothing left to say.
[Henry] I ain't lyin' this time.
[D.A. Farino] How do I know that?
[Henry] Well, I might have
stretched the truth sometimes,
but I did kill Becky.
-[D.A. Farino] Let's say you did.
- Henry?
Why? Why'd you do that?
'Cause I loved her.
- Henry.
- Yeah.
[giggles] Why, Henry Lee,
you look like you actually
know what you're doing in there.
Well, you know me. I can
pretty much fix anything.
Why don't you come have
a pop with your honey?
In a minute.
I got you a couple.
Figured you was thirsty.
I said in a minute.
Henry, I been thinkin'.
About what?
About my ma and pa. About my family.
- What about 'em?
-Just how much I miss 'em.
I mean, I love my life with you,
but it might be nice to
see 'em again sometime.
I is your family.
Better start forgetting
about 'em, all right?
Well, they're still my blood.
I remember some pretty
good times with 'em.
Oh, yeah? Like when
your daddy raped you?
How 'bout when your mama beat you so
bad you couldn't walk for three weeks?
There ain't no reason
bringin' that up now.
How 'bout when your Uncle Ottis, uh,
stripped you naked and tried to
sell you to the farmer next door?
Is that the kind of family
you're talkin' about?
Maybe they's changed.
Maybe things'll be different
if I come back all grown up.
Goddamn it! Son of a bitch! All right!
Let's go back to Florida
so you can see what kind of
lowlife family you really have!
Maybe then you're gonna
give me some sorta respect!
- I don't wanna go on account of it bein' like that.
- I'll take you back to Florida!
Now get in!
- I said get in!
- Henry, please, not like that!
Get in the fuckin' car!
Do you think I'm gonna
sit back and watch you wonder?
I'm gonna take you back
to your piece-of-shit family.
[engine starts]
[tires screeching]
[Henry] Stop cryin'!
[crying] Gonna make me crash!
I told you I hate your cryin'!
Now, stop cryin', I said ! Stop cryin'!
You just get me home! Get
me home to see my family!
You ain't got no family. I's your family.
You don't know how to treat a girl.
You ain't my family till you marry me,
and I ain't gonna marry you no more!
We're goin' to Italy. You're
gonna marry me when you turn 16.
No, I ain't. I ain't
gonna marry you no more!
[wailing]
[wailing, screaming]
Get out. Get out. Come on. Come on!
- Get up! Who's your daddy now, huh?
- You ain't my daddy!
And you ain't never gonna be my husband!
All that talk about Venice
and seein' the world!
- You ain't shit, Henry
Lee- - - [Henry grunts]
You're just like your mama.
You thought you was
different, but you ain't.
[whimpering]
[grunts]
You said you loved me.
I do love you.
[groans]
[Henry] She had to die in that moment.
I couldn't just let her walk away.
Of course you could.
There's a million
things you could've done,
but you took matters into your
own hands and decided to play God.
I am God, Mr. Farino.
Can't you see that?
I decide when people live or die.
I decide their fates.
That makes me God.
That's a God complex.
You're the devil, Mr. Lucas.
You killed a defenseless girl.
Shouldn't even been
around her to begin with.
- She was my soul mate.
- Young enough to be your daughter!
Age don't matter.
What'd you do with
the body? Where is it?
She's in a lot of different places.
What's that mean?
It means that I chopped
her up into nine pieces
and buried her all over Texas.
No one will ever make her whole again.
I've had enough of you, Mr. Lucas.
See, Mr. Farino, you judges
and policemen, attorneys,
you all are a bunch of pigs.
I already made a farce
outta the Texas Rangers.
Might as well take
everybody else down with it.
Come on, Henry.
You and I both know the only ones
you killed was Becky and your mama.
All the rest are just lies.
You know, I was wondering when
someone was gonna get wise to this.
Mr. Farino, I confessed
to three thousand murders,
seven days a week for
two and a half years.
So you admit to lying?
No, I'm just saying that no
one wants to hear the truth.
You see, I am more
famous than Elvis Presley.
Now he was supposed to be a big
shot, but I think I'm bigger than him.
And I think I'm bigger than-
- what's his name? Adolf Hitler?
I think I was gonna beat him because
every time they brought in a murder case in
I was accepting it no matter what.
You see, I was a king.
I had everything a man could
possibly want. I had that.
I had a color television.
I didn't have that before.
I had a cable TV. I
didn't have that before.
I had all kinds of food
and stacks of cartons,
and that's comin' from nothin'.
And me and Larabie, we was real close.
We was like brothers
who would do things anywhere, anyplace.
Day or night.
I've had enough of this. Guard!
See, Mr. Farino, you boys gonna be
talking about me for a long while,
even when I's gone
from this Mother Earth.
You'll see.
You'll see.
Friday around midnight
Got nothin' to kill but time
Little voices in my head
keep whisperin' "homicide"
And my baby's
driving me to drink
I can't listen to
her I can't think
I steal a police
car but I don't drive
Well, I crash the car
I'm lucky to be alive
Well, I stumble home
Fall through the door
I end up passed
out on the floor
I split my baby's
head wide open
I split my baby's
head wide open
I split my baby's
head wide open
Just to watch it bleed
When I come to I'm in
a pool of gin and blood
Oh, I can't remember
what it is I've done
Oh, is this real
Is this a dream
Nightmares in my bloodstream
I split my baby's
head wide open
I split my baby's
head wide open
I split my baby's
head wide open
Just to watch it bleed
I split my baby's
head wide open
I split my baby's
head wide open
I split my baby's
head wide open
Just to watch it bleed
Just to watch it bleed